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Amphoriskos

MS4697

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4697
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IIIA | Late Minoan IIIB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Wheel Made
Description

Amphoriskos with round mouth. Medium textured, light reddish brown (2.5 YR 6/4) clay with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Wheelmade; pronounced wheel marks. Intact except for half of rim and one handle. From Hill House, in NE corner alter room. Compare Evans 1921-35: I, 589, figs. 403C and 416B (Knossos)

Height 19.4 cm
Outside Diameter 5.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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